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The phrase "arresting about" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is captivating or attention-grabbing, but it is not a commonly used expression.
Example: "The artwork was arresting about its use of color and form."
Alternatives: "captivating regarding" or "striking in terms of".
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By arresting about 600 protesters and raiding their makeshift headquarters before any actual protests had begun, Washington's police have effectively trampled the constitutional right to free assembly.
Yet what is most arresting about this opening is its manner, not its matter.
"What is arresting about Richard Wilkinson's work is his concern with a different argument – the self interest argument.
Demonstrators linked arms to protect their tents, but police officers broke through and took down more than a dozen tents, arresting about 40 protesters.
On Friday, the Egyptian police swept through six governorates, arresting about 300 Brotherhood members, nearly doubling the number detained since last month alone.
What is perhaps most arresting about North Korea is that it is an isolated country that has made of isolation a sustaining ethos.
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Soldiers arrested about 200 demonstrators, including about 20 women, according to the subsequent testimony of many of those detained.
Ms. Wolfe was arrested about 5 45 a.m.
He was arrested about a block away.
Angle was arrested about 7 50 a.m.
We have arrested about 50 people.
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